Middle East

Middle East

Iran replaces air defence systems

Iran has replaced the air defence systems damaged during its 12-day war with Israel last month, a senior army general said yesterday according to state media.

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Iranians told to use less water amid heatwave

Iranian authorities have urged residents to limit water consumption as the country grapples with severe shortages amid an ongoing heatwave, local media said yesterday.

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Saudi’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ dies after nearly 20 years in coma

He had been in a coma for nearly 20 years following a traffic accident in 2005

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Iran executes three men for rape: judiciary

Iranian authorities executed three men in the north of the country on Saturday after they were were sentenced to death for rape

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50 killed and injured in Iraq shopping mall fire: governor

Around 50 people were killed and injured when a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, state media said Thursday

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Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling

Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of fuel smuggling, the judiciary said yesterday.

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Iran executes man in public over child's rape, murder

The death sentence was issued in March and later upheld by the Islamic republic's top court

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Iran has not agreed to IAEA inspections

United States President Donald Trump has said Iran has not agreed to inspections of its nuclear programme or to giving up enriching uranium.

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Iran replaces air defence systems

Iran has replaced the air defence systems damaged during its 12-day war with Israel last month, a senior army general said yesterday according to state media.

54m ago

Iranians told to use less water amid heatwave

Iranian authorities have urged residents to limit water consumption as the country grapples with severe shortages amid an ongoing heatwave, local media said yesterday.

1h ago

Saudi’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ dies after nearly 20 years in coma

He had been in a coma for nearly 20 years following a traffic accident in 2005

16h ago

Iran executes three men for rape: judiciary

Iranian authorities executed three men in the north of the country on Saturday after they were were sentenced to death for rape

1d ago

50 killed and injured in Iraq shopping mall fire: governor

Around 50 people were killed and injured when a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, state media said Thursday

3d ago

Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling

Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of fuel smuggling, the judiciary said yesterday.

4d ago

Iran executes man in public over child's rape, murder

The death sentence was issued in March and later upheld by the Islamic republic's top court

1w ago

Iran has not agreed to IAEA inspections

United States President Donald Trump has said Iran has not agreed to inspections of its nuclear programme or to giving up enriching uranium.

2w ago

Iran nuke program set back by up to two years

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that US strikes 10 days ago had degraded Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years, suggesting the US military operation likely achieved its goals despite a far more cautious initial assessment that leaked to the public.

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Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed to retaliate against Iran-aligned Houthis after his country’s military intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israeli territory.

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